The project kick-off meeting was held by the partners on 24-25.10.2024 in Slovakia (first day) and Hungary (second day). On the first day, the project tasks and their schedule were discussed in Zvolen, at the Zvolen University of Technology, and then they visited the university's experimental area, where the impact of silvicultural and plantation interventions on the undergrowth of oak forests is being investigated. In the afternoon, they visited the areas of another partner, the Korpona (Crupina) Municipal Forestry, where they discussed the possibilities of close-to-nature forestry in oak forests.
On the second day, they visited the Pilis Forestry Systems Experiment and Pilis Gap Experiment sample areas led by the HUN-REN Center of Ecological Research, where the ecological effects of continuous cover forest system and the rotation forestry system are being investigated. Then they visited the oak forests managed in the continuous cover forestry system and the Pro Silva Exemplary Forest "Mexikó-puszta" of Pilis Park Forestry Company (PPFC). The further steps of the project were discussed at the Pilisszentkereszti Forestry Unit of PPFC.
